Medicare spending analysis for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology providers
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology accounts for $329.9M in Medicare payments across 4.0K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 3.9x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $781.8K | 12.2K | 25 | — |
| 2018 | $46.2M | 847.8K | 478 | +5805.6% |
| 2019 | $52.7M | 924.8K | 561 | +14.2% |
| 2020 | $51.5M | 883.4K | 643 | -2.2% |
| 2021 | $60.8M | 959.1K | 712 | +18.0% |
| 2022 | $58.3M | 933.6K | 748 | -4.1% |
| 2023 | $59.6M | 957.6K | 783 | +2.2% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siby Ayalloore | LA | $790.5K | 10.1K | $77.97 |
| 2 | William Warnick | PA | $603.4K | 6.7K | $90.55 |
| 3 | Ramesh Kundur | VA | $522.7K | 8.7K | $60.42 |
| 4 | Jacob Kelly | AK | $495.1K | 11.8K | $42.01 |
| 5 | Barry Trachtenberg | TX | $478.6K | 3.9K | $121.68 |
| 6 | Jennifer Brown | MD | $403.8K | 5.9K | $67.94 |
| 7 | Shane Prejean | LA | $403.1K | 17.7K | $22.74 |
| 8 | Rama Bindu Manchikalapudi | NY | $352.3K | 3.9K | $90.93 |
| 9 | Hirsch Mehta | CA | $347.8K | 4.1K | $83.98 |
| 10 | Peter Fail | LA | $345.9K | 27.1K | $12.78 |
| 11 | Kulpreet Barn | NJ | $344.0K | 3.3K | $104.59 |
| 12 | Robert Pattillo | NJ | $315.3K | 5.3K | $59.85 |
| 13 | Orvar Jonsson | SD | $315.3K | 6.5K | $48.53 |
| 14 | Aman Shah | NY | $314.2K | 3.5K | $90.03 |
| 15 | John Steuter | NE | $277.7K | 5.2K | $53.55 |
| 16 | Martin Berk | TX | $271.6K | 4.7K | $57.55 |
| 17 | Peter Hoagland | CA | $266.3K | 3.4K | $78.74 |
| 18 | Andrew Pogozelski | PA | $258.4K | 5.7K | $45.24 |
| 19 | Mathue Baker | NE | $256.7K | 4.4K | $58.58 |
| 20 | Sachin Gupta | TX | $254.3K | 5.7K | $44.49 |
| 21 | John Lawrence | LA | $240.2K | 4.7K | $50.60 |
| 22 | Gregory Macaluso | IL | $238.4K | 2.3K | $104.70 |
| 23 | Ali Valika | IL | $237.5K | 2.3K | $105.58 |
| 24 | Devin Mehta | IL | $237.3K | 3.8K | $63.04 |
| 25 | Brian Jaski | CA | $234.0K | 3.3K | $70.98 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $10.5M | 124.2K | $84.90 |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $9.2M | 95.4K | $96.31 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $7.1M | 57.7K | $123.12 |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | $5.8M | 33.5K | $173.74 |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | $5.0M | 73.0K | $68.65 |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $3.5M | 55.6K | $63.30 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $3.0M | 22.0K | $138.60 |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | $1.6M | 10.2K | $155.77 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $1.1M | 9.4K | $116.23 |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | $1.1M | 10.7K | $102.49 |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | $1.0M | 162.0K | $6.26 |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $783.2K | 13.4K | $58.60 |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | $667.2K | 5.5K | $121.25 |
| 93750 | Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device | $619.5K | 19.3K | $32.14 |
| 78492 | Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | $579.2K | 761 | $761.10 |
| 93451 | Insertion of tube in right heart chambers for measurement | $511.3K | 5.6K | $91.02 |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | $447.1K | 41.0K | $10.91 |
| 93505 | Biopsy of heart muscle | $418.7K | 2.5K | $170.49 |
| A9555 | Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | $387.5K | 818 | $473.75 |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | $294.7K | 3.3K | $90.67 |
Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)
Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.